The 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Alaska Aces and the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters played for the 96th championship contested by the league.

This was the first Philippine Cup finals where no team from the San Miguel Corporation took part since 2000, and the second time the Aces and the Tropang Texters met in the finals, the first was from the 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference in which the Aces won in seven games.

Background

Series summary

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Conference best player Willie Miller knocked in a big triple to make up for two crucial errors down the stretch. TNT had a chance to salvage the game but Renren Ritualo misfired his own three-point try then Harvey Carey missed a tip-in in the last eight seconds. ^[1]

Game 6

Game 7

Rosters

Alaska Aces roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Ht. Wt. From C 7 Thoss, Sonny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) James Cook PG 9 Tenorio, LA 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 151 lb (68 kg) Ateneo SF 10 Borboran, Mark 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 197 lb (89 kg) UE PG 11 Miller, Willie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Letran SG 12 Fonacier, Larry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Ateneo PG 15 dela Peña, Kelvin  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Mapúa PF 21 Hugnatan, Reynel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Manila SG 22 Cariaso, Jeffrey (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sonoma State F/C 30 Sotto, Ervin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Saint Francis of Assisi SF 35 dela Cruz, Tony 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) UC Irvine SF 38 Devance, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UTEP PF 55 Ferriols, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) USJ–R	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Joel Banal ( Mapúa) Jojo Lastimosa ( Ateneo) Dickie Bachmann ( De La Salle) Luigi Trillo ( De La Salle) Bong Hawkins ( UPHSD) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Ht. Wt. From PF 2 Reyes, Robert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Flagler PG 3 Alapag, Jimmy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 151 lb (68 kg) Cal State San Bernardino SF 4 Carey, Harvey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Sonoma State SG 9 Cardona, Mark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) De La Salle SF 10 Aljamal, Yousif 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) San Beda SG 11 Escobal, Pong 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 184 lb (83 kg) San Beda SG 14 Ritualo, Ren-Ren 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 213 lb (97 kg) De La Salle PG 17 Castro, Jayson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Philippine Christian F/C 18 de Ocampo, Yancy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Saint Francis of Assisi SF 20 Dillinger, Jared 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Hawaiʻi SG 24 Chia, Gec 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Ateneo PF 33 de Ocampo, Ranidel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Saint Francis of Assisi F/C 34 Peek, Ali 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Saint Mary's PF 98 Lao, Gilbert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UST	Head coach Chot Reyes ( Ateneo) Assistant coach(es) Aboy Castro ( Philippines) Nash Racela ( De La Salle) Patrick Fran ( UST) Bong Ravena ( UE) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Broadcast notes

*Magoo Marjon Alternate for Ed Picson who mistakenly went to the Araneta Coliseum instead of the Cuneta Astrodome which was the Game 5 venue.

Music used in the coverage were " We Made It" by Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park.

References

External links

• PBA official website